Google Search now shows COVID-19 vaccine information in India

As the COVID-19 vaccination drive is underway in India, Google is doing their part to make it easier for Indians to find vaccine-related information easily in Search and YouTube. The tech giant is working with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to ensure that users have the most up-to-date information about the two vaccines and also preventing the spread of misinformation about them.

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Samsung Galaxy F62 Review — Another solid mid-range Samsung phone

Samsung  launched the Galaxy F62 smartphone in the ‘F Series’ in India last month, soon after the launch of M51. This comes with the same quad rear cameras, 6.7-inch Infinity-O AMOLED display, and 7000mAh battery, but replaces the Snapdragon 730G with Samsung’s own Exynos 9825 SoC that powers the company’s flagship Samsung Galaxy Note10 series. Specifications look great on paper. Is the phone worth the price? Let us dive into the review to find out. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy F62 Review — Another solid mid-range Samsung phone”

Sharing and finding local recommendations, adding missing roads on Google Maps now easier

Local Guides in Google Maps is one of its best features, giving users around the world the ability to update Maps with up to date information at a local level. Google is now introducing 3 news ways of sharing and finding these local recommendations and information.

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Google Chrome 89 for Android update improves memory management, browser responsiveness and more

The world’s most popular browser app, Google Chrome is receiving a new update that improves its performance and memory efficiency in both its Android and Windows versions. The new version, Chrome 89, uses  their new memory allocator and has smarter memory management across the board.

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Google said to increase Pixel inventory for India this year ahead of rumored Pixel 5a launch on June 11

Google Pixel 5a surfaced in CAD-based renders last month. Now Google has confirmed to ET that it will further increase the Pixel inventory in India this year when it launches the Pixel 5a after the company doubled inventory for Pixel for India last year with the Pixel 4a. Still the phone is facing a huge demand mainly due to the competitive pricing compared to earlier models. Continue reading “Google said to increase Pixel inventory for India this year ahead of rumored Pixel 5a launch on June 11”

Samsung signs patent license agreement with Nokia for video standards

Samsung, a global technology company has announced the signing of a new patent license agreement with Nokia, thereby gaining permission to use their innovations and technologies in video standards. In return for using these patents, Samsung will make royalty payments to Nokia.

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Google Pay update to add toggle for enable personalisation within app in India

Google Pay is rolling out a new update to users in India that will change the way the app uses user data such as transaction information, etc. They are introducing a new toggle within the app, that will allow users to either opt-in or opt-in from Google collecting and using this data to provide a personalized experience.

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OPPO Find X3 Pro with 6.7-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 888, 12GB RAM, Find X3 Neo and Find X3 Lite announced

OPPO just announced the Find X3 Pro, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Find X series as it had announced. The phone has a 6.7-inch Quad HD+ Samsung E4 AMOLED screen with 5Hz-120Hz variable refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, full-link 10bit color engine and has DisplayMate A+ rating. The phone features a 32-megapixel camera on the front inside a small punch hole. It is powered by Snapdragon 888 with 5G support and has ultra-thin VC liquid cooling.

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Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop with 15.6-inch FHD 144Hz IPS display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU launched in India

Acer has announced a new update to their affordable Nitro series of gaming laptops, the Nitro 5. This time, it features a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 processor, a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, up to 32GB of RAM, a high refresh-rate display, and more.

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India ranks first in broadband speeds among SAARC countries; 6th in mobile speeds: Ookla Q4 2020 Report

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The Internet is an important tool in our modern connected world, however the quality of Internet service provided is widely different from country to country. OOKLA, the developers of Speedtest.net has released a new report that details India’s position in Internet speeds relative to other SAARC countries, along with the information from the various service providers in India.

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BlackMagic DaVinci Resolve 17.1 update adds native support for Apple M1 Macs

Just as Adobe introduced native versions of Photoshop for the Apple M1 Macs, BlackMagic too has released a new update for their DaVinci Resolve video editing tool that adds native support for the M1 Macs.

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HUAWEI P50 Pro with 6.6-inch display, ultra-slim bezels surface in new renders

HUAWEI P50 Pro surfaced in CAD renders back in December that showed the curved display of the phone, thanks to @OnLeaks now more renders of the phone has surfaced that shows the back of the phone which shows a large camera bumps with two large cutouts that is said to house several cameras including the periscope camera. This camera design is similar to the Nova 8 series that was introduced in December. However, we don’t have the camera specifications yet. Continue reading “HUAWEI P50 Pro with 6.6-inch display, ultra-slim bezels surface in new renders”

Adobe releases native version of Photoshop for Apple M1 Macs

When Apple launched the newest Macs with Apple Silicon M1 chip, Adobe did not have stable native versions of Photoshop and Premiere Pro ready yet. Yesterday, Adobe finally released a stable version of Photoshop that will run natively on the M1 Macs, touting significant performance gains across the app.

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TCL P725 4K HDR TVs with Android TV 11, video call camera, Dolby Atmos and Ocarina Smart Inverter ACs launched in India

TCL has launched the P725 series of Android TVs as it had promised. It comes in 43/50/55/65-inch models with support for Dolby Vision for improved picture quality with incredible brightness, contrast, colour, and details, MEMC (Motion Estimation and Motion Compensation) technology for smoother motion and Dolby Atmos audio. Continue reading “TCL P725 4K HDR TVs with Android TV 11, video call camera, Dolby Atmos and Ocarina Smart Inverter ACs launched in India”

Twitter to soon show bigger, uncropped images in Timeline and allow higher-res image upload

Over the years, Twitter has evolved from a social media platform that solely was based on simple text to a platform that is rich in media, both photo and video. However, Twitter is behind their competitors when it comes to the features it supports for uploading and viewing media. That is finally going to change as they have begun testing the ability to view uncropped images on the Timeline along with the ability to upload and view high-res images.

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